Update on my 30x30x11'

[chickenwings_85]

Hello,

I had a post a while back asking about LVL and while I was searching the forums I thought I would post some updated pics of the project.

I'm doing a 30x30 with 11' sidewalls and scissor trusses. The concrete will be 4" thick everywhere but under the car lift where it will be 6" thick. I also will be running Pex throughout the garage floor and into the new section of driveway for radiant heating.

here are some pics from start to where I currently am in the process.

 

[Riley]

Looks great! Planning on doing the finish yourself?

 

[1/2 Cup]

CW 85, well done, looking forward to following your build.

Regards

 

[chickenwings_85]

Looks great! Planning on doing the finish yourself?

Thanks! Yeah the contractor brought in the fill dirt, dug the post holes, set the post and the tresses. He will be doing the concrete as well. Everything else I have or will be doing.

CW 85, well done, looking forward to following your build.


Regards

Thanks! I'm going to get a CNC once the garage is done as well as a 2 post lift. I already have a Peterson engine hone. I plan on doing engine builds on my spare time.

 

[Kevin54]

Chickenwings....Welcome to Garage Journal. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your build. Looks great so far. One thing...if you would, could you put your state that you live into your profile? No need for a city, but a state, helps ones to answer questions, or ask questions that come up from time to time. Thank you.

About your build....I noticed that you have two different widths of garage door headers. The left one being a couple of inches thinner than the right side. Is there a particular reason for this, or will you be adding a board below to bring it up to the same width as the right hand side?

Also, are you not putting a man-door in? I would think that you would want one in the side, or are you going to cut it in later?

Again...looking good, and looking forward to the future pics of the build, and again, welcome to the site. I hope you hang around long enough to become a long time member!!!

 

[chickenwings_85]

Chickenwings....Welcome to Garage Journal. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your build. Looks great so far. One thing...if you would, could you put your state that you live into your profile? No need for a city, but a state, helps ones to answer questions, or ask questions that come up from time to time. Thank you.

About your build....I noticed that you have two different widths of garage door headers. The left one being a couple of inches thinner than the right side. Is there a particular reason for this, or will you be adding a board below to bring it up to the same width as the right hand side?

Also, are you not putting a man-door in? I would think that you would want one in the side, or are you going to cut it in later?

Again...looking good, and looking forward to the future pics of the build, and again, welcome to the site. I hope you hang around long enough to become a long time member!!!

Hello, added a location

For the overhead door opening I was required to put in a 14" double LVL header. the contractor notched the post out to make up for it so they added a spacer block to fill in the 2" taken out under the normal 2x12" header.

The man door will be framed in 2' off the left edge of the building and tied into the stringers/girts as long as that will pass city codes. If it doesn't, I will have to add another post for support.

thanks,

 

[chickenwings_85]

More progress. Almost ready for siding. I have to pull 12" off the bottom OSB and patch in some treated plywood because the inspector said the OSB is too close to the ground. The contractor will be getting the ground leveled for the concrete this week then I can lay my foam and pex lines for the radiant heat. Not sure if I will be able to get the siding this year or if I'll have to finish it in the spring when I do the house.

 

[chickenwings_85]

Half of the garage Pex lines went in today. The rest are going in tomorrow then, hopefully, I'll have concrete poured next week.

 

[1/2 Cup]

CW 85, just checking your progress..

Another milestone when you get the concrete in..

Regards

 

[PWC Repair]

Nice, I put my styrofoam and over half my rebar in today. Will try to get my pex put down tomorrow.

 

[chickenwings_85]

CW 85, just checking your progress..

Another milestone when you get the concrete in..

Regards

Yes I can't wait. My contractor is going hunting this next week so I probably won't get the concrete until 2 weeks from now.

Nice, I put my styrofoam and over half my rebar in today. Will try to get my pex put down tomorrow.

Awesome. The hardest part of it for me was fighting the coils of the Pex without kinking them. I started grabbing the entire roll and spinning circles with it to open the coils up.

 

[chickenwings_85]

The concrete was poured yesterday!! I was quoted $750 for parts and labor to run a new service to the garage since my house is only set up with a 60amp service. I may just upgrade the house service and run a line from there to the garage though, I'm not sure what I want to do yet. Any suggestions?

looking at my 90° form for the PEX I feel like it is an eye sore and probably isn't done correctly. I'll have to put some kind of box around it later to make it less visible.

 

[dennis3553]

The concrete was poured yesterday!! I was quoted $750 for parts and labor to run a new service to the garage since my house is only set up with a 60amp service. I may just upgrade the house service and run a line from their to the garage though, I'm not sure what I want to do yet. Any suggestions?

looking at my 90° form for the PEX I feel like it is an eye sore and probably isn't done correctly. I'll have to put some kind of box around it later to make it less visible.

Shouldn't the pex lines come out of the floor in some kind of conduit. like a pvc pipe or something.